Updates on drones including latest technology and use in conflicts around the world. An executive summary, key events, and curated articles. Image: Col. Mark Hamilton,1st Special Operations Wing ...

Curated news, analysis, and commentary on special operations, intelligence, irregular warfare, national defense, and global conflicts.

Treatment built to correct distorted thinking doesn’t have a way to tell the difference between guilt that’s wrong and guilt that’s right. A Ranger fires through a doorway and kills someone he never ...

Since replacing the ACFT on June 1, 2025, the Army Fitness Test has used five events worth up to 500 points altogether.

The last of this year’s UK Special Forces bi-annual “Exercise Chameleon” unfolded across late August and into September. It comprised a concentrated period of RAF tactical airlift, High-Altitude ...

This week’s SOF Weekly Brief examines the evolving role of Army special operations forces in large-scale combat operations and the activation of SPACEFOR-SOC, strengthening the integration of space ...

Image: “Battle of Harlem Heights” (c. 1860). Painted by Alonzo Chappel, engraved by J.C. Armytage. The patrol belonged to Knowlton’s Rangers, whose short, costly service ended 250 years ago this fall, ...

SOF News continues to track events, nonprofit initiatives, and industry gatherings across the community. For additional SOF events and ongoing updates, visit the full SOF News Events calendar. Have an ...

Story by Maj. Justin Zwick. Soldiers from across the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)’s Advanced Skills Company kicked off the unit’s first baseline lethality exercise to bolster the Group’s ...

This week’s SOF Weekly Brief examines developments in special operations, irregular warfare, and international security. U.S. and allied SOF continue multinational training as emerging technologies ...

News reports are surfacing about killed and wounded personnel with a private military company (PMC), Vectus Global owned by Erik Prince (Wikipedia), who sources suspect were attacked by Rwandan forces ...